Greenpeace Irresponsibility Reaches New Heights

British Nuclear Fuels today accused Greenpeace of
recklessly endangering their own, and potentially other,
lives with a protest in the Tasman Sea.

At 0830 today
local time, two protestors threw themselves off an
inflatable boat only 400 meters in front of one of the
vessels involved in the shipment of MOX fuel from Japan to
the United Kingdom, forcing the skipper to take evasive
action.

"Despite this evasive action, the vessel passed
within 70 meters of the protestors in the water - that is
less than the length of the vessel," BNFL spokesman Mark
Scott said.

"To throw themselves into the water in front
of the vessel is the height of maritime lunacy, and does
Greepeace no credit whatsoever. The whole situation is
worsened by the fact that one of the protestors who jumped
into the sea is a member of the New South Wales (Australia)
Senate, Senator Ian Cohen - someone who should know better
than to involve himself in such misguided actions.

"We
have no objection to legitimate protest. This was not
legitimate, and could have created a situation with grave
consequences.

"Greenpeace and their crew members know that
safety of life at sea is the paramount concern of any
responsible seafarer, and they have deliberately flouted one
of the most basic precepts of safety by causing a vessel to
take an emergency evasive manoeuvre.

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